Orange Emus created a piece of history at their club earlier this week with the announcement of the first female president while the Cowra Eagles have a new coach with an impressive resume assuming control of the club.

Donna Roberts is the first woman in the top role since the Emus' inception in the 1940s but she said it was no big deal, with her experience of the club making her the logical choice.

"I'm just putting my hand up to help out," a modest Roberts said, a member of the club since 2006.

"I don't see it as being any big deal with it really."

As vice-president of Emus last year and with last year's president Toby Tancred stepping back after the 2014 season, the natural progression for Roberts was to step up into the top job.

Roberts was also confident the appointment of Graydon Staniforth and Paul Ringland as first grade coaches would bolster that ambition.

"Two very experienced players and they've been involved with the club for a very long time," she said of the co-coaching Emus.

"Their experience and expertise will be great.

"I think we'll do extremely well. We've got some great people involved."

Meanwhile at Cowra the Eagles new coach is a man with a wealth of knowledge and coaching experience.

Dave Oliver grew up in Cowra and returns to his hometown after stints in Sydney, where he was heavily involved with Eastern Suburbs rugby club, Ireland, and most recently Perth and admits he is excited to bring his style of coaching to the Eagles.

"Rugby is a basic game, if we've got a group of people that want to work together and work for each other the rugby will come naturally.

"We'll be all about having a really strong club culture and some good core rugby skills and the boys will learn to play the game that comes naturally to them."

As well as a new head coach the Eagles are introducing the Senior Rugby Program which pits together the firsts, seconds and colts players giving them access to the entire clubs coaching staff. Oliver believes the program is a step in the right direction and a part of preparing the club for a successful year.

Paul Hennock announced his decision to leave the Blowes Cup winning Kangaroos last month in order to spend more time with his family.